Cap, hat, and other head-cover.



W. TAYLOR. CAP, HAT, AND OTHER HEAD COVER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23.1914.

1,179,473. Patented Apr. 18; 1916.

' ordinary purposes,

WILLIAM TAYLOR, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

CAP, HAT, AND OTHER HEAD-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed May 23, 1914. Serial No. 840,486.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TAYLOR, a citizen of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland, and resident of 15 and 16 Dering street,Oxford Street, London, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in and Relating to Caps, Hats, and other Head-Covers, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to caps, hats and the like and while applicablefor several purposes is especially designed for use by motorists.

In the following description I will refer to the invention as applied toa cap and it will be understood that it is with or without smallmodification applicable to other head coverings.

The invention refers tothat type of cap in which ear coverings are used,and according to the present invention the said covers are adapted to befolded inside the cap when out of use so that the cap will present anordinary appearance. The covers may have small openings in them andshields may be provided at the-side of the openings standing outwardlyfrom the covers, the said openings being for the purpose of enabling theperson wearing the cap to hear properly and the shields for the purposeof protecting the cars by preventing a draft passing through theopening.

It is well known that motorists and others using caps have a practice ofreversing them on their heads when traveling and my improved cap ispreferably constructed to be worn in this reversed manner and isfurnished with a depending strip of material (also capable of beingfolded inside the cap) along the front edge of the same, that is to sayunder the peak of the cap. IVhen in use with the covers over the earsthe cap is worn front to back and the said strip of material comes welldown over the back of the head, but when the cap is to be used for forexample when a motorist 1S walking about the streets of a Qopies of thispatent may be obtain d for five cents each, byaddress in g the town inwhich he has arrived, the covers with the shields and the strip ofmaterial are pushed up into the cap which is worn front foremost andpresents an ordinary appearance.

The covers may be held by any suitable means such as a tape passed underthe wearers chin.

I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in

' which Figure 1 is an inside or reversed plan view of one of myimproved caps showing the covers folded inside the cap which is thusready'for wear in an ordinary way. Fig. 2 shows the cap in use with theear covers out and the cap reversed on the head of the wearer.

The cap a is of the ordinary cloth furnished with a peak 6 and has theear covers 0 attached to it by stitching. Each of the ear covers has anopening d protected by a shield 6 while a chin strap f serves to holdthe ear covers inplace on the head of the user. In the particularexample shown the covers 0 have a silk, leather or other suitable edgepiece 9 which when the cap is in use peak foremost, fits against theforehead of the wearer.

It must be understood that the shape of the ear covers may vary and asabove indicated they may be applied to various forms of head covers. Theopenings d with shields c are optional, particularly if the covers aremade of openw'ork texture.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In combination, ahead covering such as a cap or hat having ear covers adapted to befolded inside the head covering and furnished with an opening which willcoincide with the ear of the wearer, the said opening having a guard.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM TAYLOR.

Vitnesses RUEso 1 GI-IAPIN, CARL JAMES SCHULTZ.

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